Arizona makes it nine states down, 25 to go toward an Article V Convention

Source: Washington Examiner | March 15, 2017 | Graham Ledger

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Lawmakers in the Grand Canyon state passed a resolution to participate in an Article V constitutional convention of the states.

Arizona is now the ninth state to pass such a resolution, joining Alaska, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

This is uncharted territory — an Article V Convention of the states has never been triggered in the 229-year history of the Constitution.

But, the framers of the founding document infused Article V into the Constitution as a “rip-cord” to be pulled in times of national emergency, like when the federal leviathan spins out of control as it is today.

The framers gave “we the people” Article V in order to bypass government to proffer amendments to the Constitution when elected officials refuse.

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